Didn't quite get your last post.
The huge progress in scientific knowledge and process started late 17th/early 18th century. Sure there was scientific enquiry before that but as a discipline that is really the start of the modern world. Brought about whole revolutions in social, political and engineering ways of life.
It has it's parallels with your great early Islamic era. Not that I am comparing it to religion.
Care to have a stab at answering any of my previous points? No tricks involved, just wanted a open discussion.
:)
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."
Didn't quite get your last post.
The huge progress in scientific knowledge and process started late 17th/early 18th century. Sure there was scientific enquiry before that but as a discipline that is really the start of the modern world. Brought about whole revolutions in social, political and engineering ways of life.
It has it's parallels with your great early Islamic era. Not that I am comparing it to religion.
Care to have a stab at answering any of my previous points? No tricks involved, just wanted a open discussion.
:)
"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365
not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the
many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers
were given. Satan - 10."